Let Freedom Ring : Winning the War of Liberty over Liberalism

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Summary: Have conservatives and liberals forgotten something?
Review: First of all I have to say it is very difficult to watch Mr. Hannity on Fox. He does come across as that arrogant bully many of us knew from our grade school days. I was hoping that type of attitude would not be present in this book, but I was wrong.

Through his writings and his radio and television work, he actually promotes further polarization of political ideologies. Although my beliefs are moderate, I do sometimes laugh or sigh very heavily when both liberals and conservatives bash one another. With my background in history I find it shocking to realize that many people, like Sean Hannity, seem to have forgotten that the majority of political beliefs espoused in this country (both conservative and liberal) originated from political philosophies that were born during the period of European history known as the Enlightenment. Those political philosophies were known as Liberalism and they stood for individual rights and the restriction and limitation of autocratic monarchial governments. So when pundits look upon liberalism as this evil cancer that has spread into our society, they demonstrate their ignorance to the fact that many of the conservative Republican beliefs are actually doctrines of historical Liberalism. The truth is that both conservatism and liberalism, as portrayed in our political system, need one another in a Yin and Yang type of balanced relationship where the best ideas of both are promoted to serve the nation. That idea is not extreme so it might not sell many books, or garner ratings in our media obsessed culture, but I believe it does help to heal the political divergence.

I view this book as a sad caricature of the political schism that seems to be growing in this country. To be fair and balanced is to be somewhere near the center, and Mr. Hannity is not.


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Summary: 5th Grader Tactics
Review: I challenge anyone who gave this item a 5 star rating to check out the websites below to see what they are missing. It's easy to attack one's character or change the subject when you can't address the ugly truth.

www.infowars.com
www.prisonplanet.tv
www.gregpalast.com

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Summary: Excellent Read
Review: Sean Hannity does a wonderful job at rousing the emotions of mindless readers. It is a waste of time for anyone who wants to read quality literature, either conservative or liberal. If you have any respect for your time pick up something that isnt written on emotions and more-so written well. Pathetic example of the crap that circulates in today's society. P.S. I consider myself on the conserative side too.

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Summary: A job well done!
Review: Yes... I strike AGAIN!!!

Hannity did a superb job in this book... his first book. Mostly he talked about his background, but he simply tells why liberals are just a roadblock on America's road to defeating terrorism. Don't get me wrong, liberals can be good people, BUT they are just adding fuel to the fire that is terrorism. From Daschle, Kucinich, Billary, Kerry, Rockefeller (pains me to say that about Sen. Rockefeller since he is supposed to be representing my state in the Senate...) Kennedy... I can go on.

I got really outraged when I read about the current education system in America today. No wonder my parents wanted to send me to a Christian school. I'm glad they did.

Then, as if I wasn't angry enough... just wait until you get to the chapter on abortion. Now, granted, I am staunchly pro-life, but, I have to make an exception when the mother's life is at risk.

But, another good read. You know you are doing your job as a conservative when a liberal co-worker asks what you are reading, sees the cover and just FLIPS OUT!

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Summary: A book to stupify you...
Review: I can't imagine anyone, democrat OR republican, with any shred of independant thought, taking Sean Hannity seriously.

Anyone with a passion for facts or well-thought arguments would do well to steer clear of this. Hannity's books do have a perverse entertainment value in that one thinks...Can he really be THAT misguided? It's very "Train wreck" style journalism. Very bad, but you just can't seem to turn away from it. Hannity seems to feel that 'Liberals are stupid/evil/bad' is a justifiable argument for supporting any republican philosphy. It just doesn't hold up if you are trying to find clear, legitimate conservative arguments to broaden your perspective.

I will paraphrase a quote from the film 'The American President'.."someone who claims to love America but clearly hates Americans." That's sums up Hannity's view of this country, if you read closely enough.